The Showtime cable-TV network's 2005-2006 series Masters of Horror presents 13 "mini-movies" directed by some of the major names in horror films. Starting with Don Coscarelli's Incident on and off a Mountain, premiering October 28, 2005, those names include Stuart Gordon (known for Re-Animator), Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Joe Dante (The Howling), John Landis (An American Werewolf in London), and John Carpenter (Halloween). Not surprisingly, heavy metal music has come to be associated with horror, and the two ...
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The Showtime cable-TV network's 2005-2006 series Masters of Horror presents 13 "mini-movies" directed by some of the major names in horror films. Starting with Don Coscarelli's Incident on and off a Mountain, premiering October 28, 2005, those names include Stuart Gordon (known for Re-Animator), Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Joe Dante (The Howling), John Landis (An American Werewolf in London), and John Carpenter (Halloween). Not surprisingly, heavy metal music has come to be associated with horror, and the two-disc soundtrack album of the series, containing 30 tracks by 30 artists, is really a various-artists sampler of contemporary metal. The most recognizable names are Mudvayne, whose "Small Silhouette" (like all the other tracks, newly recorded for this project or previously unreleased in the U.S.) leads things off, and former Guns N' Roses guitarist Buckethead, joined by Serj Tankian of System of a Down, who begins the second disc with "We Are One." Most of the selections are standard-issue metal, with galloping rhythm sections and distorted, heavily chorded electric guitar riffs, topped off by the howling, enraged baritone of a lead vocalist intoning nearly unintelligible (though no doubt antagonistic) lyrics. But mixed in with them are some more straightforward energetic rock songs, such as Andrew W.K.'s "You Will Remember Tonight" and Armor for Sleep's "Very Invisible." In fact, there are even a few acoustic ballads tossed in, such as Matchbox Romance's "In Transit (For You)" and Gratitude's "If Ever." Most of these performers, it is true, are trying to outdo Metallica, but there are also several who would be content to be the next Green Day or blink-182. Of these, Alkaline Trio, with "We Can Never Break Up," may be the best. How all this relates to the horror series remains to be seen (one assumes the tracks turn up in the usual mixture of source spots, like car radios, and accompanying the closing credits). But the album as a whole provides a good sense of what's up and coming in hard rock and heavy metal. ~ William Ruhlmann, Rovi
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